Buildings and Yards. 



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//. WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS NOW IN OPERATION ON NEW 



YORK FARMS 



House water supplies are now frequent in New York State. Ac- 

 counts of a very few of these will acquaint the reader with some of the 

 ways in which these practical problems may be met. 



T. B. Wilson, Halls Corners (Fig. 319). 



In the attic is a tank which is supplied from the rain water off the 

 roof. In addition, the house has a large cistern in the basement from 

 which an extra supply may be pumped in case the rain water is insufifi- 



FiG. ,^ig. — Fixtures in the farm residence of T. B. Wilson. 



cient to fill the tank in the attic. In the bath-room is a hand pump con- 

 necting the cistern in the basement or cellar with the tank in the attic. 

 This system of water supply seems to be general in that section. 



The attic tank is nine feet long, three feet wide anil four feet deep. 

 The framework is made of 2x4 hemlock (planed). It is lead-lined. 

 The tank is situated in the attic of one of the wings of the house. It 

 receives the roof water from the main building of the house, but not from 



